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感恩节对于现在的中国人来说并不陌生，多数人都知道火鸡和印第安人的故事，但是很多所谓的传统并不像我们想象的那么久远。感恩节的起源和宗教有关，但是感恩节最终成为美国的全国性节日，却是一部美国国家凝聚力的发展史。

There once lived in a town of Persia two brothers, one named Cassim and the other Ali Baba. Their father divided a small inheritance equally between them. Cassim married a very rich wife, and became a wealthy merchant.

The fact that Henry Armstrong was buried did not seem to him to prove that he was dead: he had always been a hard man to convince.

马克·吐温（Mark Twain），美国幽默大师、作家、演说家，真实姓名是萨缪尔·兰亨·克莱门（Samuel Langhorne Clemens）。“马克·吐温”是其笔名，原是密西西比河水手使用的表示在航道上所测水的深度的术语。代表作品有小说《百万英镑》、《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》、《汤姆·索亚历险记》等。